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Marc Kudisch (born September 22, 1966) is an American stage actor.
A native of Hackensack, New Jersey, Kudisch grew up in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He enrolled at Florida Atlantic University to study political science and switched to theatre. After receiving his degree, Kudisch went to New York City and was cast as Conrad Birdie in the Barry Weissler-produced national tour of Bye Bye Birdie with Tommy Tune and Ann Reinking. Kudisch later starred in a television version of the Broadway musical along with Jason Alexander and Vanessa Williams.
Kudisch's Broadway credits include Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Baron Bomburst), Assassins (The Proprietor), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Trevor Graydon), Bells Are Ringing (Jeff Moss), Michael John LaChiusa's The Wild Party at the Public Theater (Jackie), The Scarlet Pimpernel (Chauvelin), High Society (George Kittredge), Disney's Beauty and the Beast (Gaston), and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Reuben). He has been nominated for the Tony Award for his roles in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (2005) and Thoroughly Modern Millie (2002), as well as the Outer Critics Circle Award, and the Drama Desk Award.
Kudisch has also appeared in Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music as Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm, opposite Juliet Stevenson and Jeremy Irons, in a 2003 production at the New York City Opera, and with Victor Garber and Judith Ivey in a 2004 staging by the Los Angeles Opera. In regional theatre, he originated the role of Vincent Van Gogh in The Highest Yellow, also by LaChiusa. In June of 2007, he starred as Darryl van Horne in the American premiere of The Witches of Eastwick at the Signature Theatre in Washington, D.C. On television, in addition to a recent stint on All My Children, Kudisch played a kinky lawyer on Sex and the City and was also the spokesperson for Toyota in the U.S. for several years.
Once more using his stock in trade roles of playing villains, Kudisch most recently starred in the Roundabout Theatre Company revival of The Apple Tree with his former fiancee, Kristin Chenoweth as Eve and Brian D'Arcy James as Adam.
Born in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA, and grew up in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the second child of four (older brother, two sisters, all connected to the medical profession in some way). Graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 1989. Was engaged to Kristin Chenoweth for three years; the relationship ended in 2001. Appeared as "TV Guy" in Toyota commercials, 1999-2000. Starred as Conrad Birdie in the national tour of "Bye Bye Birdie" in 1992, and reprised the role in the 1995 ABC TV movie remake. Starred on Broadway in "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat", as Gaston in "Beauty and the Beast" (1995-97), "High Society" (1998), 'The Scarlet Pimpernell" (1999), "The Wild Party" (2000) and as Jeff Moss in "Bells Are Ringing" (2001). {Anonymous}}






